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UNITED STATES Patented February 23, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEsT N. HUMPHIIEY, O NEw BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE T AUT & HINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION F CONNECTICUT.

HOSE-SUPPORTER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,777, dated February 23, 1904. Application filed December 15, 1903. Serial No. 185,185- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEsT N. HUMPHREY, a citizen of the United States, residing in New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention Comprises a hosesupporter embodying a joint, one of the mem bers of which not only serves as a connector for the permanent attachment of the leg-encircling supporting-band, but also constitutes means for the ready connection and disconnection of the cast-off as in fitting the harness in and removing it from place.

One of the most important features of the invention comprises a construction in which such a connector has a'pivotal relation with the chape or connector, from which depends the hose-grip. By reason of such pivotal connection it is possible to swing the said bandattached connector to one side or the other, and thereby permit the attachment and detachment of the cast-off either from the right hand or the left.

In the drawings accompanying the present specification, Figure 1 is an elevation of a hose-supporter embodying my present invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view, upon a somewhat enlarged scale, of the parts of the joint comprised therein, the band ends and the castoff secured to one of them. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, the plane of the section coinciding with the pivotal axis of. the joint.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all figures.

The present hose-supporter construction comprises a joint adapted for interposition between the ends of the band and the hose-grip suspender, the joint being such that that connector to which the band is permanently attached by reasonof the provision thereof with cast-off engaging means and by reason, furthermore, of its pivotal relation to the suspender can be swung either to one side or the other, and thus enable the engagement of the cast-off to be made either at the right hand or the left hand.

For simplicity of construction and economy of manufacture the joint is disclosed as a twopart joint, comprising in the form thereof illustrated a connector 2, in a slot 3 of which is secured a band 4. The cast-01f at the free end of the band is designated as 5, while the latter, as usual, may be provided with some suitable form of take-up 6, the particular form of cast-off here shown consisting of a hook. The means for enabling it to be engaged with the connector 2 may consist of a slot 7 in the latter. To permit this engagement to be readily efiected within the limits of desirable movement of the connector, as well as to permit the band to lie in an easy position with different relative positions of such connector, the latter may be provided with a plurality of cast-off engageable slots, as indicated.

Pivotally related to the connector 2 is a 'chape or connector 8, from which the suspender 9 depends. From this suspender at its lowest end, hangs a suitable form of hosegrip, such as that indicated by 10. In this instance also the pivotal connection of one of the members of the joint with the other member is made by a tubular rivet 11, having a head at one end and with its opposite end riveted over to hold the members of the joint in place and permit them to turn freely relatively to each other. This tubular rivet may for the purpose of providing a firm and reliable bearing be of comparatively large size.

It will be noted that the connector 2 lies above the connector 8. When, therefore, the

cast-off is engaged with the former, the thickness of the hook below the connector approximates to the thickness of the connector '8 added to the thickness of the turned-over head of the. tubular rivet 11, at the lower side thereof. In other words, the bearing of the cast-ofi and of the joint against the leg of the wearer is at a plurality of points, thus tending to prevent undue pressure at any single point.

Thus constructed it is apparent that the connection of the cast-off with the connector 2 may be made at the right-hand side or the left-hand sidethat is to say, whether the standing parts of the band 4 is caused to lead either to the left or to the right no interference is occasioned with the ready engagement and disengagement of the cast-off with the engaging means.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. A joint comprising a pair of connectors pivotally mounted with relation to each other, combined with a band secured to one of said connectors, and a cast-off on the band adapted to be engaged with the connector to which the band is secured.

2. A hose-supporter comprising, in combination, a connector, a hose-grip suspender depending therefrom, a band-connector pivoted with relation to said Suspender-connector, a band secured to said band-connector, and a pender.

ERNEST N. HUMPHREY. Witnesses:

STANLEY PARKER, SADIE L. FINNIGAN. 

